Repot in fresh compost and finish by pruning the top growth by about one-third to balance the root loss. Shrubs grown for their colourful stems or foliage, such as dogwood, need to be cut down ...

but the common dogwood is a deciduous shrub that benefits from annual pruning. It’s recognizable by its attractive red stalks and similarly colored fall foliage, which provide some visual ...

If your red twig dogwood is not red, it could be that the shrub's stems are older and losing their vibrancy. Pruning, sometimes 2 feet from the ground, helps the shrub to produce young stems that ...